Last night we ventured north to Rochester, NY to see Primus....again. This is our third time in the last 2 years and this was our second show this year. If you grew up in the late 80's and early 90's you would have loved songs like "Jerry was a Racecar Driver", "Tommy the Cat", and "Winona's Big Brown Beaver". They have many more great songs, but that era is what sticks with those of us who grew up with it.
So why see them so many times? Primus is an amazing group with a following not unlike Phish or Grateful Dead only with a more mixed age group of people and not as many stinky hippies. There is a cult following that love to have their chests vibrated by Les Claypool's bass and listen to the way this three piece group makes such a large and thundering sound.
The special deal this tour is their interpretation on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory songs that appear in the movie. Who doesn't LOVE this movie? Who didn't grow up wanting to be Charlie and find the Golden Ticket? This tour is an insane mixture of Primus with the Fungi Ensemble which adds Cello and Vibraphone to the mix of bass, drums, and guitar. I can't tell you how incredible this sounded live.
They played for over 3 hours with the first set being regular Primus fare and the second set was all Willy Wonka. The set and light show added tremendously to this heartwarming fun trip down memory lane. They even had Oompa Loompas with over-sized heads that ran onto the stage and danced from time to time.
The Main Street Armory isn't the best venue to see a show in as they can hold over 6,000 people with little to no place to sit if you need to and only two bathrooms. They do have their own internal bar which makes it nice. The down side is that after an hour or so the people start smoking inside and the ventilation is a little weak. All that aside, I would probably still see another show there if it came to it. It was located near the East End neighborhood which was very easy to get around and safe.
Here is a sample of what you would hear if you went to a show:
The best souvenir that we brought home was this smashing good poster from Drew Millward of the UK. Each show gets its own poster by a new artist each show. We happened to luck out with the best one of the tour so far.
There are still many dates left on the tour so if they come near your town and aren't sold out already I suggest you get your ass to see them. You won't be disappointed.
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